summer in PEI

Summer for me in PEI in always a mixture of trying to train, being busy at work and busy socially. It is a game of trying to fit everything in. I am especially feeling that way this week. Last night i went out to dinner with some friends and to a play. tomorrow night, i am having my family to a BBQ. I am busy with work. I have managed to go for a run on monday; (easy 7 k) hot yoga on tuesday; swam on wednesday (again easy workout) I am trying to juggle things so i can do the cycle pei rec ride tonight (and buy gorceries and get ready for the BBQ tomorrow night) Tomorrow a.m., i plan to swim and saturday morning, I am planning to do a mini-tri with the triathlon group in Brackley. If all that happens, I will have managed some form of exercise everyday this week, which, i suppose, is more than most people but it still feels kind of "half assed" in terms of training. I have generally been feeling a bit run down since doing the triathlon on the weekend. I was geared up to try and do well in it and it did go well but since then I have been tired. Since may, I have done 3 duathlons on weekends; one half -ironman triathlon, 2 multi-sport relays solo, 2 olympic triathlons, a half marathon and some 10 k and 5 k roadraces. It might be cathcing up with me a bit. My attitude is to try and do as many races as I am able to do because it is a long winter of training. I feel like "what's the point of training if you don't do races?"

PEI triathlon

Yesterday I did the stanhope triathlon and was reasonably pleased with my performance. Afterwards, i always think i could have done a bit better. i could have biked a little harder, maybe, or run a little faster. All in all, it went pretty well. There were alot of good triathletes in the race. i was 15th out of 42. both my bike time and my run time were faster than when i did it three years ago when i came third (which suggests the competition is getting tougher) I am looking forward to just doing a few bike rides over the next couple of weeks for enjoyment rather than training. I plan to do Parlee Beach triathlon and Sackville and that may be it. I might do Schubie triathlon in Halifax but i am not sure about that.